Channels
All WINGSTABI versions with or without integrated M-LINK receiver generally accept up
to 16 control channels on the input side (or even 18, depending on RC system). On the
output side, 7, 9, 12 or 16 channels (the more channels the higher the transfer rate) are
available for analog or digital servos, depending on the version. The impulse rate is set
for each servo separately. This means that even a mixed system with analog and digital
servos and various impulse rates in one model is feasible.
Channels that are not to be “supported” can either be guided through by the
WINGSTABI or picked up directly at the servo output of the external receiver. This
applies for aero-tow releases, dropping shaft traps, undercarriage and lighting switches.
The channel distribution in the WINGSTABI is – separated by input and output channels
– fully configurable, meaning it is possible to flexibly adjust to every specified system
pattern.
Mixes should generally take pace in the WINGSTABI. If necessary, a switchable
dualrate and expo would be make sense in the transmitter. If you have to use mixers in
the transmitter in unavoidable individual cases, make sure that no control surface
deflections take place on supported channels, particularly elevator, rudder and ailerons.
The WINGSTABI would receive these signals as intended directional changes and in
heading mode at the least introduce prolonged rudder deflections. This is only possible
without dire side effects in pure stabilization mode.
WINGSTABI initial setup
Now we come to the practical part of setting up the WINGSTABI for your model. When
a WINGSTABI is connected to a PC for the first time with the installed launcher via USB
cable or Bluetooth interface, the basic setting of the system is required. To do this, you
can choose between four options: “Assistant”, “Model template”, “Import” and “Manual”.
In other cases, the transmitter should be connected to the receiver, without any mixers
pre-programmed or connected. Pre-programmed means you must have assigned a
controller and a channel for every axis which is to be controlled and the throttle channel.
With a simple motor model, this would be throttle, ailerons, elevator and rudder. In order
to initially be able to use two or three of the four possible gyro phases, another two- or
three-stage switch with assigned servo channel should be available.
Hint: If the connecting cable of the USB interface is too short for you, do not extend the
three-wire servo cable, but instead the USB cable between the computer and the
interface.